The Administration of School Health Services at Tessaban 1 Banthatapao School Chumphon Municipality Department of Local Administration

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study level the guidelines for The Administration of School Health Services at Tessaban 1 Banthatapao School Chumphon Municipality Department of Local Administration. The framework consisted of 8components: general environmental management, waste management, toilet and sewage management, food sanitation management, drinking water quality management, vector and pest control management, disaster management, and environmental health development from school to community. The population consisted of 81 teachers at Tessaban 1 Banthatapao School Chumphon Municipality Department of Local Administration in the academic year 2025. The research instruments included a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire, The 96-item, five-point questionnaire was assessed by three experts; all items obtained an Item-Objective Congruence index of 1.00, and the overall reliability of the questionnaire, as determined by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, was .835 and semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed using percentages, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The research findings revealed that the overall level of school health services at Ban Tha Taphao Municipal School 1 administration across all 8 components was high. When considering each component individually, the highest mean score was found in disaster management (μ = 4.66, σ = 0.24), followed by food sanitation management (μ = 4.58, σ = 0.26), while solid-waste management had the lowest mean (μ = 3.90, σ = 0.35). The interviews yielded 85 guidelines emphasizing integrated waste management, sanitation standards, water-quality and vector surveillance, disaster preparedness, and the school’s role as a community environmental-health learning center